PERRY TOWNSHIP GAME ASSOCIATION
SPRING NEWS LETTER
APRIL 15, 2021
Vol. III, Issue 24, page 1 www.perrygunclub.com Join the NRA at our Association
Perry Hunter Safety
Education Course
No Hunter Education course again this year due to COVID restrictions. An on-line course is available on the Pa. Game Commission web site.
Firearms Training
Visit the NRA web site at www.nra.org to find scheduled firearms training classes at Perry. Classes can always be scheduled to meet your personal needs. Contact us to make arrangements for specific special classes.
17th Annual Women On Target®
Perry, along with the NRA Women-On Target® program and NRA Foundation Inc. are again proud to sponsor this year 2 non-competitive, instructional clinics to mentor women in recreational shooting and hunting sports. The clinics will be held on Saturdays, June 19th and September 11th. All ranges and shooting facilities will be closed while these clinics are in session. Each session requires a minimum of 12 students and a maximum of 32 students to make the events viable. Click on the event dates under the Event tab on our web site for more information. Pre-registration is required on the NRA web site. You can pay the $50 fee on-line with credit card on our web site. Contact Bob Sproesser at 610-756-4328 with any questions.
NRA Membership
Perry is a registered recruiter for the NRA. The Association receives a recruiter fee if you join or renew your current membership with the NRA through our club. Log on to our web site or stop by the club for further details. This is a great time to join or renew given the negative liberal news media reports toward the NRA.
Shotgun Patterning
There is a patterning stand for shotguns located between trap-house #2 and #3. Please refrain from firing shotgun shot shells at the pistol /rifle range yardages below 25 yards. Shot shell pellets at such short distances quickly deteriorate the target mats requiring more frequent maintenance. Limit shotgun use at the range for sighting in slug barrels.
barrels only.
Big Game Contests
We had no 2020 entries for the biggest bear contest. We awarded $50 to two biggest deer rack contest winners. We had three entries in archery, only one entry in rifle and no junior entries in the biggest deer contests. Barry Readinger won the archery category with an 8 point Berks harvest with a point total of 28-1/4. Larry Faust won the rifle category with his 8 point Berks harvest with a point total of 25-1/4. The 2020-2021 longest turkey beard contest ends 6/29/21. Bring your harvests to the club for measurement. The next bear and deer contests end at 8:00 p.m. on 1/25/2022 and 2/22/2022 respectively. All winners from here forward are increased to $75 awards.
Special BFNRA Recognition Raffle
Perry will receive five firearms from our support of the 2021 Berks Friends of the NRA. We are offering those guns along with six other unique guns in a special raffle ticket. Four tickets are enclosed. They cost $5.00 each, $20 total for all four. Sell 10 of the tickets and receive a free ticket for yourself. The drawing will be held on Sunday, August 1st. Ticket holders do NOT have to be present to win. We will add additional gun and/or cash prizes if ticket sales are brisk. Last year we held a similar raffle and we awarded a total of 17 guns and 1 cash prize due to excellent sales results.
Clarification on Range Rules
You must carry with you and display your membership card when using the facilities. Every member has the responsibility to patrol the range and assure that only active members or paid guests are using the facilities and using them safely. Let’s be clear that any device that converts a handgun into a rifle type/style with a butt stock or sling is PROHIBITED at the steel target pistol range. The steel target pistol range is for hand-held handguns only at the shorter distances to those targets. Those convertible types may be used at the paper target range at distances of 25 yards and beyond.
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
NOTE: All memberships now run on a one year basis based on initial payment or expiration month. We encourage and prefer that everyone take advantage of
paying on-line with a credit card. Use the $20 renewal button under the Make A Payment tab on the web site. This eliminates delays or lost mail by the post office. We E-mail a reminder the month before your expiration for those who use credit card to pay and mail a postcard for those who pay manually. Upon check or PayPal receipt, a new membership card will be mailed with an expiration date next due one year from your payment or expiration month. All members should pay attention to their expiration date and renew prior to same to avoid the $10 re-join fee. Please notify us if you change your mailing address.
NEW STEEL TARGET
RIFLE RANGE
This year we are planning the installation of a new steel target range for rifles. It will be located adjacent to the existing steel pistol range; but with longer shooting distances by excavation into the hill side and bench area further back toward the existing drive way. For safety concerns, there may be some days when we will have to close down the ranges temporarily while construction work takes place. We ask for your understanding and cooperation while the work on this new facility progresses. The existing steel range has gotten great reviews.
FISHING RODEO Perry will again co-sponsor with Lenhartsville Fish & Game a Youth Trout
Fishing Rodeo. The fishing rodeo will be held May, 8th. The rodeo is open to members of both clubs, their children and grand children at the lower pond at Lenhartsville. You must have a fishing license and show your membership card to enter. Registration starts at 7:00 a.m. and fishing at 8:00 a.m. for kids 15 years of age or younger. Adults, 16 years of age and over, can fish after 12:00 p.m. up to 5:00 p.m. Prizes will be awarded. Bring your kids and fishing tackle for a day filled with fun. There is a three fish limit. Cost is $5 for kids and $10 for adults. Visit our web site for the form to help sponsor the event or call Ron Border at 610-562-3391.
Lenhartsville Fish & Game is located at 58 Hein Road, Lenhartsville, Pa. 19534. Take route 143 south from Lenhartsville and turn at the first right unto Hein Road.
Clubhouse Renovations
The club house renovations were completed last fall. The final renovations
included re-stucco of the basement exterior walls,
250 CLUB
We hold four 250 club raffles each year. The next one starts May 4th. Money prizes are drawn over a five week period with a blow-out on the last date including food and refreshments. Numerous open tickets are for sale at this time at a cost of $10 each. Contact a club officer to participate.
TRAPSHOOTING NEWS
Perry finished in seventh place in the 2020-2021 Berks Inter-valley
Trapshooting League with the
traveling trophy going to first place Boyertown Rod & Gun Club. The Monday evening trap league between Lenhartsville and Perry will start May 3rd at Perry. This is a great league for the inexperienced and novice shooter to get started or practice improvement skills. Perry also holds 50 target public shoots the first Sunday of each month, May through December inclusive. The 2021 Berks Amateur League started on April 11th at South End Gun Club.
BERKS FRIENDS OF NRA
The annual Berks Friends of NRA banquet will be held on Friday evening, May 21st. The ticket price is $60 which features an enjoyable evening with other sportspersons and a delicious dinner at the Double Tree Hotel in Reading along with live and silent auctions and numerous
raffles for valuable merchandise and guns. The deadline to purchase a banquet ticket is May 14th, limit 200 people. Contact Bob Sproesser at 610- 756-4328 if you would like to attend. No ticket sales at the door. Help the shooting sports.